Asparagus harvester



H. SIANBORN ASPARAGUS HARVES'IIER Filed Aug. l, l28

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Sept. 9,V 1930.

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Patented Sept. 9, 1930 UNITED STATES HOBATIO SANBORN,

OF BEND, OREGON ASPARAGUS HARVESTER:

Application led August 1,

rihis inventionrelates to a device for harvestingasparagus, one of the objects being to provide a simple and eflicient means for cut` ting off the tops of asparagus and directing them into a container provided for that purpose.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description roceeds, the invention resides in the com'- ination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1n the accompanying drawings, the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings, y Figure 1 is an elevation of the asparagus harvesting device constituting the present invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section theres through.

Figure 3 is atop plan view. Figure 4 is-an enlarged section on line 4-4, Figure 1. f

Figure 5 is a bottom view of the knife and adjacent parts. Y

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates an elongated tubular guide open at one end,'as shown at 2 while its other end has an extension 8 to which is fiXedly attached a handle 4 extending radially 3.5 therefrom. The guide 1 is provided with a longitudinal guide slot 5 extending thereinto from the lower open end of the guide and this lslot registers with a similar slot 6 formed in the wall of al tubular housing 7. 4c The tubular guide 1 and the housing 7 may be held fixedly together by any suitable means such as bands 8 embracing the same and secured to the cover 9 of a bor` 10. This box vcan be removably connected tothe cover in v any manner desired.Vv An outlet slot 11 is formed in theguid'e member 1 and extends K longitudinally thereof, there being a corresponding slot 12 in the box cover 9 which Acommunicates with the lower portion of the slot 11. This slot 12 is extended through- Yhandle' 14. The other end of the rod has a 'ber 1 ismoveddownwardly on the sprout the asparagus tip, will convey the same to v19278. Serial Nor 296,736.

out the height of the cover 9 as shown particularly in Figure 2. m

Slida'ble within the housing 7 is a rod 13 to one endl of which is connected a radial the blade'lG away from under the end of the guide Vrod 1.

The apparatus is adapted to be carried by -meansof the two handles 4 and 14; Then it is desired to cut off andVv gather-thek top portion of an asparagus sprout, theguide memandy thereafter handlel4 is swung out of nor"- mal position so asto cause Vthe blade 16 to swingacross'the'open end 2'of the guide tube, therebyA severing the' asparagus tip. The blade is then adjusted so that the stem 15 will be disposed at one end of the slots 5 andl 6 whereupon, by pulling on the handle 14, the stem 15 will becaused to slide longitudinally of the slot and thevblade 16, which supports the slot 11. The' tip canfbe caused to gravitate through the slot 11 and the slot 12 into the bon` v10. By repeating the operation the bon canbe filled with the -tips after whichit cantbe detached from the cover and another v box substituted.

What is claimed is:

1. A device for harvesting Iasparagus including a container, a guide tube having a longitudinal outlet slot opening into the eontainer, a rod slidably and rotatably mounted adjacent the guide tube, ay handle connected to the guide tube. another handle connected to the rod, and an asparagus severing and conveying blade `connected to one end ofthe rod and normally supported across one end of the guide tube, there being a longitudinal slot in the tube to permit the movement of the blade longitudinally of the guide tube for 10c elevating asevered asparagus tip vto the out-l let slot. y Y y 2. A device for harvesting asparagus includingra oontainer'having a slot, a guide 5 tube having a longitudinal outletfslot open` ing into the container `and a longitudinal *Y guide slot, a housing fixed relative to the guide tube and. having a slot registering With thev guide slot, a rod slidably and rotatably mounted inthe housing, a handle connected to the guide tube, another handle connected to the rod, and an asparagus severl ing and Vconveying blade connected to one' end of the rod and normally'supported across one end, of the guide tube, said blade being Y shiftable longitudinally of vthe guide tube and the registering slots for elevating av Y severed asparagus tip to the outlet slot.

3. Apparatus for harvesting asparagus in- Y cluding a container,a guideitube having an outlet slotv opening into the container, 'said Y tube being open at its lower end, a 'handle at the other end of the tube, a tubular housing ixedly eonnectedtov the guide tube, a rod slidably and rotatably mounted Within the housing, a handle at one end of the rod, and a combined severingblade land conveyor at the other end of the rod,there-being regis-ter- 4 v ing. longitudinal slots in the housing and guide tube, thereby to permit movement of: c v the blade longitudinally of the guide tubeto c elevate a severed asparagus -tip to the ontlet v slot. Y 4. A device for harvestingasparagus in.- 35. cluding a" g'uidetube having a longitudinal Voutlet slot, arod s lidably and'rotatably mounted adjacent the guide tube, a handle connected to the guide tube, another handle connected to thev rod, andan lasparagus sever- 40 ingand conveying blade connected' to the l rod and normally ksupported across oneend of theguide'. tube, there being alongitudinal slot in the tube -to permit movement of' the blade longitudinally fof the guide tube for l 'A elevatingthe severed asparagus tip1 to the outlet slot. a l i l lnrtestimony that I' claim the foregoing as my own, l havel hereto aflxedfmy signature. p "HORATIO SANBORN y v v. 

